0 - 100 0000 0000 - 1011 1100 1010 1100 0000 1000 0011 0001 0010 0110 1110 1011 0010 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 1011 1100 1010 1100 0000 1000 0011 0001 0010 0110 1110 1011 0010: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 1011 1100 1010 1100 0000 1000 0011 0001 0010 0110 1110 1011 0010, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to decimal?
1. Identify the elements that make up the binary representation of the number:
The first bit (the leftmost) indicates the sign,
1 = negative, 0 = positive.
0
The next 11 bits contain the exponent:
100 0000 0000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
1011 1100 1010 1100 0000 1000 0011 0001 0010 0110 1110 1011 0010
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 0000 0000(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
1,024 =
1,024(10)
3. Adjust the exponent.
Subtract the excess bits: 2(11 - 1) - 1 = 1023,
that is due to the 11 bit excess/bias notation.
The exponent, adjusted = 1,024 - 1023 = 1
4. Convert the mantissa from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The mantissa represents the fractional part of the number (what comes after the whole part of the number, separated from it by a comma).
1011 1100 1010 1100 0000 1000 0011 0001 0010 0110 1110 1011 0010(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 1 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 1 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 1 × 2-13 + 1 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 1 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 0 × 2-23 + 0 × 2-24 + 0 × 2-25 + 0 × 2-26 + 1 × 2-27 + 1 × 2-28 + 0 × 2-29 + 0 × 2-30 + 0 × 2-31 + 1 × 2-32 + 0 × 2-33 + 0 × 2-34 + 1 × 2-35 + 0 × 2-36 + 0 × 2-37 + 1 × 2-38 + 1 × 2-39 + 0 × 2-40 + 1 × 2-41 + 1 × 2-42 + 1 × 2-43 + 0 × 2-44 + 1 × 2-45 + 0 × 2-46 + 1 × 2-47 + 1 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0.5 + 0 + 0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.001 953 125 + 0 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 007 450 580 596 923 828 125 + 0.000 000 003 725 290 298 461 914 062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 232 830 643 653 869 628 906 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 029 103 830 456 733 703 613 281 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 003 637 978 807 091 712 951 660 156 25 + 0.000 000 000 001 818 989 403 545 856 475 830 078 125 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 454 747 350 886 464 118 957 519 531 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 227 373 675 443 232 059 478 759 765 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 113 686 837 721 616 029 739 379 882 812 5 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 007 105 427 357 601 001 858 711 242 675 781 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 + 0 =
0.5 + 0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 007 450 580 596 923 828 125 + 0.000 000 003 725 290 298 461 914 062 5 + 0.000 000 000 232 830 643 653 869 628 906 25 + 0.000 000 000 029 103 830 456 733 703 613 281 25 + 0.000 000 000 003 637 978 807 091 712 951 660 156 25 + 0.000 000 000 001 818 989 403 545 856 475 830 078 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 454 747 350 886 464 118 957 519 531 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 227 373 675 443 232 059 478 759 765 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 113 686 837 721 616 029 739 379 882 812 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 007 105 427 357 601 001 858 711 242 675 781 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 =
0.737 000 000 000 005 872 635 711 057 228 036 224 842 071 533 203 125(10)
5. Put all the numbers into expression to calculate the double precision floating point decimal value:
(-1)Sign × (1 + Mantissa) × 2(Adjusted exponent) =
(-1)0 × (1 + 0.737 000 000 000 005 872 635 711 057 228 036 224 842 071 533 203 125) × 21 =
1.737 000 000 000 005 872 635 711 057 228 036 224 842 071 533 203 125 × 21 = ...
= 3.474 000 000 000 011 745 271 422 114 456 072 449 684 143 066 406 25
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 1011 1100 1010 1100 0000 1000 0011 0001 0010 0110 1110 1011 0010, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 3.474 000 000 000 011 745 271 422 114 456 072 449 684 143 066 406 25(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.